Ecclesiastes 2:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:33

Then the king sang a funeral song about Abner: Abner, why should you have died like an outlaw?

Psalm 103:16

But a scorching wind blows, and they quickly wither to be for ever forgotten.

Psalm 49:10

We see that wise people die, and so do stupid fools. Then their money is left for someone else.

Psalm 88:12

Do they know of your miracles or your saving power in the dark world below where all is forgotten?

Exodus 1:6

After Joseph, his brothers, and everyone else in that generation had died,

Exodus 1:8

Many years later a new king came to power. He did not know what Joseph had done for Egypt,

Proverbs 14:8

Wise people have enough sense to find their way, but stupid fools get lost.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

No one who lived in the past is remembered any more, and everyone yet to be born will be forgotten too.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Finally, I said to myself, “Being wise got me nowhere! The same thing will happen to me that happens to fools. Nothing makes sense.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It's better to go to a funeral than to attend a feast; funerals remind us that we all must die.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I saw the wicked buried with honour, but God's people had to leave the holy city and were forgotten. None of this makes sense.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

But the city was saved by the wisdom of a poor person who was soon forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

We know that we will die, but the dead don't know a thing. Nothing good will happen to them—they are gone and forgotten.

Malachi 3:16

All those who truly respected the LORD and honoured his name started discussing these things, and when God saw what was happening, he had their names written as a reminder in his book.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.